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Sources: Russian Internet Research Agency linked to one fake Twitter account and one fake Facebook account using “blacktivist” name; FB account had 360K likes — Russia bought Black Lives Matter ad on Facebook — A social media campaign calling itself “Blacktivist” …
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Twitter finds Russia Today purchased $274K in ads and promoted 1,823 tweets in US in 2016, and pledges to work with FEC and Congress on political ad disclosure — Earlier this summer we outlined some of our work to combat bots and networks of manipulation on Twitter.
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New York Times, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Talking New Media, Washington Post, Axios, Forbes, @repadamschiff, The Week, Politico, Variety, Fortune, Daily Mail, @sivavaid, @briankrebs, @briankrebs, Adweek, New York Magazine, Slate, Gizmodo, @anders_aslund, Reuters, Mediaite, @selectedwisdom, Engadget, BuzzFeed, The Wrap, TechCrunch, @dzigavertovv, @qjurecic, The Guardian, Business Insider, Mashable and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
Tony Romm / Recode:
Twitter told Congressional investigators it found ~200 Russia-linked accounts with 22 directly matching the 470 accounts Facebook identified
Tony Romm / Recode:
Sen. Mark Warner, top Democrat on Senate Intel Committee, said Twitter's briefing on Russian accounts was “inadequate” and “deeply disappointing”
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
ACLU challenges DoJ warrants for Facebook account information of users involved in anti-Trump protests, arguing the requests are overbroad — Three Facebook users are challenging newly disclosed search warrants for their account information, arguing that the warrants are overbroad …
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CNN, LawNewz, Gizmodo, Splinter, ACLU of DC, Fortune, New York Post, KTLA, Engadget and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Reporters face damaged infrastructure, spotty electricity and phone service, and difficulty finding gas, food, and water while covering Puerto Rico — Reporting from Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria has been one of the toughest assignments for journalists …
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TVNewser, Fast Company, Columbia Journalism Review, @michelletoh235, @amandadickson, The Root, @joshuachavers and The Week
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Dhrumil Mehta / FiveThirtyEight:
Compared to other US natural disasters in the past few weeks, Hurricane Maria has had less coverage online and on TV — While Puerto Rico suffers after Hurricane Maria, much of the U.S. media (FiveThirtyEight not excepted) has been occupied with other things: a health care bill that failed to pass …
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@emilybell, @bencasselman, @crispinburke, @_vanessa_diaz, @elizabarclay, @rjsevans, @johnupton and CNNMoney
Bloomberg:
AT&T, CenturyLink, industry associations ask US Supreme Court to overturn Obama-era net neutrality rules barring ISPs from slowing or blocking rivals' content — Appeal adds to pressure on rule that FCC might weaken — Rule bars service providers from slowing some web traffic
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The Verge, Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, Motherboard, Recode, Techdirt, Free Press Blog and Broadcasting & Cable
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple says iPhone 7 and 8 don't have FM radio chips, after FCC chairman Ajit Pai urges Apple to activate iPhone FM radio chips to help after natural disasters — Amidst renewed pressure from the National Association of Broadcasters, FCC chairman Ajit Pai has now issued a statement urging Apple …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Chartbeat survey shows Google AMP and Facebook Instant Articles deliver promised faster load times but ad revenue and audience increases remain in question — For publishers, Google's AMP and Facebook's Instant Articles are two different efforts with the same goal: creating a faster …
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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Podcast startup Anchor raises $10M Series A led by GV for its audio broadcasting app, which makes it easy for creators to record and distribute audio — A recent spate of investments in the podcast space continues today with news that Anchor has raised $10 million in a series A round of funding led by Google's venture capital arm, GV.
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TechCrunch, AlleyWatch, AlleyWatch, The Industry Observer, Anchor - Medium and RAIN News, more at Techmeme »
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
How Politifact staffers worked to build trust with Tulsa Republican leaders by describing sourcing methods and more in a meeting — TULSA, Oklahoma — The Wi-Fi password at the Tulsa County Republican headquarters is Reagan2016. Capital R, no dashes. — It was there …
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Vanity Fair, @mantzarlis and @jpgillin
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Q&A with Gretchen Carlson on life after bringing down Roger Ailes, her advocacy work, new book, and Donald Trump — A year after her lawsuit, the former Fox & Friends host has reinvented herself as a women's rights activist: “I felt if I didn't do it, who was going to?”
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp's Wall Street Journal is ending print editions in Europe and Asia, with final print edition in Europe on Friday, and in Asia a week later — Reduction of paper's print presence comes amid broad reorganization of the Journal's editorial structure — The Wall Street Journal …
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